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- **Shark Dominoes**
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- **by**
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- **Arthur Crump**
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- **Table of Contents**
- **=================**
- 1. Getting Started
- a. How to Play Dominoes
- b. Requirements
- c. Installation & Setup
- d. Starting Shark Dominoes
- 2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- 3. How to Contact Us
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- **1. Getting Started**
- **==================**
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- **a. How to Play Dominoes**
- **-----------------------**
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- There are many variations of the game of Dominoes,
- Shark Dominoes is one variation.
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- Each game round starts with the 28 dominoes face down
- in random order. The Human player and the computer
- player take turns drawing 11 dominoes each. The remaining
- dominoes are removed from the board.
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- Play starts with the first player that has the double six
- dominoe. If no player has the double six dominoe, the next
- highest double dominoe (5-5, 4-4, 3-3, etc.) is placed in
- the center of the board.
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- The other player then tries to match one of their dominoes
- to one end of the double dominoe. If the first dominoe is
- a double five, the other player will add any of their dominoes
- containing five dots on one end. Dominoes are placed length-wise
- rather than at right angles.
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- If a player can not match the dominoes at either end, then the
- player must pass and then try again on the next turn.
-
- Points for the game are scored by adding both ends together. If both
- ends add up to a multiple of five (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.) then the player
- receives those points.
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- Play continues until one player has used all of their dominoes or until
- no player can play. If no further plays can be made, the player with
- no dominoes, or with the least number of points (dots) on the
- remaining dominoes wins the round. The player subtracts the total of
- their points from the total of the opponents' points and scores the
- balance to the nearest five multiple (5, 10, 15, etc.). Rounds continue
- until one player scores 200 points. The game is won by the first player
- to score 200 or more points.
-
- **b. System Requirements**
- **----------------------**
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- To run Shark Dominoes, you'll need the following system:
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- An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
- Two Megabytes of RAM
- A VGA monitor
- Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
- Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
- Mouse
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- You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:
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- Pentium processor
- Four Megabytes of RAM
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- **c. Installation and Setup**
- **-------------------------**
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- 1. To get started with Shark Dominoes on a hard disk:
- a. Insert the Shark Dominoes disk in your
- floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
- b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
- Enter.
- c. Follow the screen directions.
-
- **d. Starting Shark Dominoes**
- **-------------------------------**
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- To start the game, double click on the Shark Dominoes icon in
- Windows.
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- **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
- **======================================**
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- If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
- needing to get help. Try the following:
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- If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
- try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
- disk cache.
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- If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness on
- your monitor.
-
- If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
- electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
- your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
- you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
- that were displayed.
-
- **3. How to Contact Us**
- **====================**
-
- Write to:
-
- **AGCrump**
- **24708 Wisteria Lane**
- **Moreno Valley, CA 92557**
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- E-mail:
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- **ao545@lafn.org**
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- Shark Dominoes is Copyright (c) 1996-1998 by Arthur Crump
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